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| Tournament details | |
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| Teams | 80 (competition proper) 131 (qualifying) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Sevilla (2nd title) |
| Runners-up | Espanyol |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 219 |
| Goals scored | 565 (2.58 per match) |
| Attendance | 3,905,559 (17,834 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Walter Pandiani (Espanyol) 11 goals |
| Best player | Dani Alves (Sevilla)[1] |
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The2006–07 UEFA Cup was the 36th edition of theUEFA Cup, Europe's second-tier clubfootball tournament. On 16 May 2007, atHampden Park,Glasgow,Scotland,Sevilla won their second consecutive UEFA Cup, defeatingEspanyol 3–1 on penalties after the match finished 2–2 after extra time. Sevilla became the second side to win the competition for two consecutive seasons, following the hiatus of the original record holderReal Madrid achieved in1985 and1986.
Walter Pandiani of Espanyol was the top goals scorer of this UEFA Cup edition with 11 goals.
A total of 155 teams from 52UEFA associations competed for the 2006–07 UEFA Cup. Associations were allocated places according to their 2005 UEFAleague coefficient, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2000–01 to 2004–05.[2]
Below is the qualification scheme for the 2006–07 UEFA Cup:[3]
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The title holder would have been given an additional entry if they did not qualify for the2006–07 UEFA Champions League or UEFA Cup through domestic performance; however, this additional entry was not necessary asSevilla, winners of the2005–06 UEFA Cup, qualified for the UEFA Cup through domestic performance. This means that the following changes to the default allocation system were made to compensate for the vacant title holder spot in the group stage:
| Teams entering in this round | Teams advancing from previous round | Teams transferred from Champions League | |
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| First qualifying round (70 teams) |
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| 16 losers from2006–07 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round |
| Group stage (40 teams) |
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| Round 3 (32 teams) |
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The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:[4]
The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters inNyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).[9]
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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| Qualifying | First qualifying round | 23 June 2006 | 13 July 2006 | 27 July 2006 |
| Second qualifying round | 28 July 2006 | 10 August 2006 | 24 August 2006 | |
| First round | 25 August 2006 (Monaco) | 14 September 2006 | 28 September 2006 | |
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 3 October 2006 | 19 October 2006 | |
| Matchday 2 | 2 November 2006 | |||
| Matchday 3 | 23 November 2006 | |||
| Matchday 4 | 29–30 November 2006 | |||
| Matchday 5 | 13–14 December 2006 | |||
| Knockout stage | Round of 32 | 15 December 2006 | 14–15 February 2007 | 22 February 2007 |
| Round of 16 | 8 March 2007 | 14–15 March 2007 | ||
| Quarter-finals | 16 March 2007 (Glasgow) | 5 April 2007 | 12 April 2007 | |
| Semi-finals | 26 April 2007 | 3 May 2007 | ||
| Final | 16 May 2007 atHampden Park,Glasgow | |||
The2006 Serie A scandal resulted in major changes to the clubs that originally qualified inItaly. Originally,Roma took the cup winners' place as losing finalists in the 2006Coppa Italia, as the winners,Internazionale finished in the top four in the league and qualified for theChampions League. The other two UEFA Cup places initially went toLazio andChievo.
Lazio, however, as well as the remaining three Champions League qualifiers (Juventus,Milan andFiorentina), were formally indicted on 22 June on charges relating to the scandal.[10]
On 14 July, all four of the indicated clubs were penalised by an Italian court and theItalian Football Federation (FIGC). Results of the FIGC appeal were announced on 25 July. The impact on the UEFA Cup was:
FIFA suspended theHellenic Football Federation (HFF) from all international competitions on 3 July 2006 because of "political interference in sport" after theGreek government passed a law, giving it control of the sports authorities in Greece. After the law was amended to address FIFA's objections, FIFA reinstated the HFF on 12 July. The Greek government in response, decided to withdraw all of its funding to the Hellenic Football Federation.[11]
These matches were held on 13 July and 27 July 2006.
These matches were held on 8 and 10 August (first leg) and 24 August (second leg) 2006.
The matches were held on 14 September (first leg) and 28 September 2006 (second leg).
Red: Group A;
Yellow: Group B;
Green: Group C;
Black: Group D;
Purple: Group E;
Pink: Group F;
Blue: Group G;
Orange: Group H.The top three teams (highlighted in green) of each group qualified for the next round. Based on paragraph 4.06 in the UEFA regulations for the current season, if two or more teams are equal on points on completion of all the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:[12]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RAN | MHA | LIV | AUX | PTZ | |
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| 1 |  Rangers | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 10 | Advance toknockout stage | — | 2–0 | — | — | 1–0 | |
| 2 |  Maccabi Haifa | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7 | — | — | — | 3–1 | 1–0 | ||
| 3 |  Livorno | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2–3 | 1–1 | — | — | — | ||
| 4 |  Auxerre | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 2–2 | — | 0–1 | — | — | ||
| 5 |  Partizan | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 1 | — | — | 1–1 | 1–4 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | TOT | DB | LEV | BJK | BRU | |
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| 1 |  Tottenham Hotspur | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 12 | Advance toknockout stage | — | 3–1 | — | — | 3–1 | |
| 2 |  Dinamo București | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 | — | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | — | ||
| 3 |  Bayer Leverkusen | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | 0–1 | — | — | 2–1 | — | ||
| 4 |  Beşiktaş | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 | 0–2 | — | — | — | 2–1 | ||
| 5 |  Club Brugge | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 2 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AZ | SEV | BRA | LIB | GRA | |
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| 1 |  AZ | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 10 | Advance toknockout stage | — | — | 3–0 | 2–2 | — | |
| 2 | Sevilla | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 7 | 1–2 | — | 2–0 | — | — | ||
| 3 |  Braga | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 6 | — | — | — | 4–0 | 2–0 | ||
| 4 |  Slovan Liberec | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 5 | — | 0–0 | — | — | 4–1 | ||
| 5 |  Grasshopper | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 15 | −12 | 0 | 2–5 | 0–4 | — | — | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PAR | OSA | LEN | ODE | HVN | |
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| 1 | Parma | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 9 | Advance toknockout stage | — | 0–3 | — | — | 2–1 | |
| 2 | Osasuna | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 7 | — | — | — | 3–1 | 0–0 | ||
| 3 | Lens | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1–2 | 3–1 | — | — | — | ||
| 4 |  Odense | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | — | — | ||
| 5 | Heerenveen | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 4 | — | — | 1–0 | 0–2 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BLB | NAN | FEY | WIS | BSL | |
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| 1 | Blackburn Rovers | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 10 | Advance toknockout stage | — | 1–0 | — | — | 3–0 | |
| 2 | Nancy | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 7 | — | — | 3–0 | 2–1 | — | ||
| 3 | Feyenoord | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 5 | 0–0 | — | — | 3–1 | — | ||
| 4 |  Wisła Kraków | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 3 | 1–2 | — | — | — | 3–1 | ||
| 5 | Basel | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 2 | — | 2–2 | 1–1 | — | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ESP | AJX | ZWA | PRA | AUS | |
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| 1 | Espanyol | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 12 | Advance toknockout stage | — | — | 6–2 | — | 1–0 | |
| 2 | Ajax | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 | 0–2 | — | — | — | 3–0 | ||
| 3 | Zulte Waregem | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 6 | — | 0–3 | — | 3–1 | — | ||
| 4 | Sparta Prague | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 4 | 0–2 | 0–0 | — | — | — | ||
| 5 |  Austria Wien | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 | — | — | 1–4 | 0–1 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PAN | PSG | HTA | RAP | MLA | |
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| 1 |  Panathinaikos | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 7 | Advance toknockout stage | — | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | — | |
| 2 | Paris Saint-Germain | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 5 | 4–0 | — | 2–4 | — | — | ||
| 3 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 | — | — | — | 2–2 | 1–1 | ||
| 4 | Rapid București | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | — | 0–0 | — | — | 1–1 | ||
| 5 | Mladá Boleslav | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | — | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | NEW | CEL | FEN | PAL | EIN | |
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| 1 | Newcastle United | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 10 | Advance toknockout stage | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | — | |
| 2 | Celta Vigo | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | — | — | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | ||
| 3 | Fenerbahçe | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | — | — | — | 3–0 | 2–2 | ||
| 4 | Palermo | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | — | — | ||
| 5 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | 0–0 | — | — | 1–2 | — |
| Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 CSKA Moscow | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maccabi Haifa | 0 | 1 | 1 | Maccabi Haifa | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Livorno | 1 | 0 | 1 | Espanyol | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Espanyol | 2 | 2 | 4 | Espanyol | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AEK Athens | 0 | 0 | 0 | Benfica | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Paris Saint-Germain | 2 | 2 | 4 | Paris Saint-Germain | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Benfica | 1 | 2 | 3 | Benfica | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dinamo București | 0 | 1 | 1 | Espanyol | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Zulte Waregem | 1 | 0 | 1 | Werder Bremen | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Newcastle United | 3 | 1 | 4 | Newcastle United | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fenerbahçe | 3 | 2 | 5 | AZ(a) | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AZ(a) | 3 | 2 | 5 | AZ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spartak Moscow | 1 | 1 | 2 | Werder Bremen | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Celta Vigo | 1 | 2 | 3 | Celta Vigo | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Werder Bremen | 3 | 1 | 4 | Werder Bremen | 1 | 2 | 3 | 16 May –Glasgow | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ajax | 0 | 3 | 3 | Espanyol | 2 (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lens | 3 | 0 | 3 | Sevilla(p) | 2 (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Panathinaikos | 1 | 0 | 1 | Lens | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bayer Leverkusen | 3 | 0 | 3 | Bayer Leverkusen | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Blackburn Rovers | 2 | 0 | 2 | Bayer Leverkusen | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 2 | 0 | 2 | Osasuna | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rangers | 1 | 4 | 5 | Rangers | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bordeaux | 0 | 0 | 0 | Osasuna | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Osasuna(a.e.t.) | 0 | 1 | 1 | Osasuna | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Steaua București | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sevilla | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sevilla | 2 | 1 | 3 | Sevilla(a.e.t.) | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Shakhtar Donetsk | 1 | 1 | 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nancy | 1 | 0 | 1 | Sevilla | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Braga | 1 | 1 | 2 | Tottenham Hotspur | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parma | 0 | 0 | 0 | Braga | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Feyenoord | — | — | — | Tottenham Hotspur | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tottenham Hotspur(w/o) | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The first legs were held on 14 February and 15 February 2007, while the second legs were held on 22 February 2007.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Zulte Waregem | 1–4 | Newcastle United | 1–3 | 0–1 |
| Braga | 2–0 | Parma | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Lens | 3–1 | Panathinaikos | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 3–2 | Blackburn Rovers | 3–2 | 0–0 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 2–5 | Rangers | 2–1 | 0–4 |
| Livorno | 1–4 | Espanyol | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| Feyenoord | w/o[a] | Tottenham Hotspur | Canc. | Canc. |
| Fenerbahçe | 5–5 (a) | AZ | 3–3 | 2–2 |
| Werder Bremen | 4–3 | Ajax | 3–0 | 1–3 |
| Spartak Moscow | 2–3 | Celta Vigo | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| CSKA Moscow | 0–1 | Maccabi Haifa | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| AEK Athens | 0–4 | Paris Saint-Germain | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| Benfica | 3–1 | Dinamo București | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Steaua București | 0–3 | Sevilla | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 2–1 | Nancy | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Bordeaux | 0–1 | Osasuna | 0–0 | 0–1 (a.e.t.) |
The first legs were held on 8 March 2007, while the second legs were held on 14 and 15 March 2007.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Newcastle United | 4–4 (a) | AZ | 4–2 | 0–2 |
| Maccabi Haifa | 0–4 | Espanyol | 0–0 | 0–4 |
| Rangers | 1–2 | Osasuna | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Braga | 4–6 | Tottenham Hotspur | 2–3 | 2–3 |
| Sevilla | 5–4 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 2–2 | 3–2 (a.e.t.) |
| Lens | 2–4 | Bayer Leverkusen | 2–1 | 0–3 |
| Paris Saint-Germain | 3–4 | Benfica | 2–1 | 1–3 |
| Celta Vigo | 0–3 | Werder Bremen | 0–1 | 0–2 |
The draw for the final stages, included quarter-finals and semi-finals, was held on 16 March 2007 inGlasgow,Scotland. The quarter-final matches were played on 5 April and 12 April 2007.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| AZ | 1–4 | Werder Bremen | 0–0 | 1–4 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 0–4 | Osasuna | 0–3 | 0–1 |
| Sevilla | 4–3 | Tottenham Hotspur | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Espanyol | 3–2 | Benfica | 3–2 | 0–0 |
The semi-final matches were played on 26 April and 3 May 2007.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Espanyol | 5–1 | Werder Bremen | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Osasuna | 1–2 | Sevilla | 1–0 | 0–2 |
The final was played on 16 May 2007 atHampden Park inGlasgow, Scotland.
| Rank | Name | Team | Goals | Minutes played |
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| 1 |  Walter Pandiani | Espanyol | 11 | 1118' |
| 2 | Claudiu Niculescu | Dinamo București | 8 | 602' |
| 3 | Klaas-Jan Huntelaar | Ajax | 7 | 520' |
 Dimitar Berbatov | Tottenham Hotspur | 7 | 697' | |
 Shota Arveladze | AZ | 7 | 942' | |
| 6 | Pauleta | Paris Saint-Germain | 6 | 591' |
 Obafemi Martins | Newcastle United | 6 | 642' | |
| 8 | Cristiano Lucarelli | Livorno | 5 | 616' |
| Tim Matthys | Zulte Waregem | 5 | 642' | |
| Coro | Espanyol | 5 | 662' | |
 Robbie Keane | Tottenham Hotspur | 5 | 708' | |
| Luis García | Espanyol | 5 | 1000' |
